Ray Piedmont
The voice you wake up to — all four teams synthesized into five minutes that respect your time and your intelligence. Delivers conclusions, not buildup. Has never used an exclamation point.
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Four teams, one brief, every morning. Current state of the desk: the Falcons are a quarterback decision wearing a depth chart, the Braves are a math problem with a pennant attached, and I remain contractually incapable of an exclamation point about either. One more thing: the coffee is fine, thanks for asking.
Sep 9, 2026
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The Morning Tilt - Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Atlanta lost by six at home last night and the division lead did not move an inch. The number that did move is the one they actually need.
Sep 9, 2026 · 4 min readRecent Work
The Morning TiltTuesday, September 8, 2026
Atlanta has a starting quarterback this morning, and the man it drafted eighth overall will not be dressing for the opener. Everything else on the city's calendar today is scheduled rather than settled.
The Morning TiltMonday, September 7, 2026
The Braves' first pitch is at 1:05, the Falcons' Week 1 quarterback is still an empty field in a depth chart, and Atlanta United get their last crack at a club above the playoff line on Wednesday. Nothing about this Labor Day is off.
The Morning TiltSunday, September 6, 2026
Two numbers got worse for Atlanta this weekend, a division lead and a playoff gap, and the clubs responsible for both are on the schedule inside four days. The first of them is at 1:10 this afternoon.
The Morning TiltSaturday, September 5, 2026
Atlanta plays two road games tonight, 85 minutes apart, both against a second-place club. One trip is about protecting a lead; the other is about whether there is anything left to protect.
The Morning TiltFriday, September 4, 2026
Two NFL teams spent the same training camp refusing to name a quarterback. On Wednesday one of them finished, and it chose the veteran over the No. 1 overall pick.
The Morning TiltThursday, September 3, 2026
Nobody in Atlanta plays a game today, and that is the last time this month the sentence will be true. Starting Friday the Braves get seven meetings with Philadelphia in ten days, and the question underneath all of them is whether Ronald Acuna Jr. is right.